Pyrotechnics exercises 311130Z to 311230Z dec within 500 yards of 37-09.6S 150-19.8E
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 3900/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-31 13:30Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · USCGC POLAR STAR 310510Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-31 10:19Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -37.160, 150.330 with a 0.2 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-31 11:30Z | 2014-12-31 12:30Z | — | 1 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2014-12-31 10:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-12-31 13:30Z
- authority
- USCGC POLAR STAR 310510Z DEC 14.
- issued by
- USCGC POLAR STAR
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -37.160, 150.330 · r 0.2 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST COAST. TASMAN SEA. DNC 05. 1. PYROTECHNICS EXERCISES 311130Z TO 311230Z DEC WITHIN 500 YARDS OF 37-09.6S 150-19.8E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311330Z DEC 14.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
21 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- 8 virtual AIS navigation marks in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E inoperative2026-09-18
- Two meter mooring with 200 meter line of floats, adrift in 35-20.4S 151-53.0E at 260006Z dec 212021-12-26
- Container partially submerged and adrift in 34-45S 151-33E at 080500Z jul2020-07-08
- Fishing gear, marked by buoys, abandoned in 37-44.05S 149-35.04E2015-12-24
- Eight meter vessel reported on fire in 36-14.2S 150-30.1E at 160017Z oct2013-10-16
- Cancel this msg 19 aug 132013-08-15
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship responder within five miles of trackline…Cable ops · 91.1 nm
- Special purpose vessel responder / V7CY9 / 538001582 conducting cable laying operations 5 nm either side of…Cable ops · 91.1 nm
- 8 virtual AIS navigation marks in an area bounded by 38-23S to 38-37S and 148-25E to 148-37E inoperativeOther · 117.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:22Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.